The Dangerous Summer

In the summer of 1959, Hemingway contracted with Life magazine to write a series of articles on the personal and professional rivalry between two great bullfighters: Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez. He returned to Spain to watch the spectacular performances by the two. In this book, he narrates the gradual destructon of one person by another. Hemingway also considers the Spanish character and customs, the wine and food, the cities and the landscape. The volume is not only a chronicle of the bullring, but also a compelling self-portrait of a master at the end of his brilliant career. ISBN 0-89621-666-7: $17.95.